Q: Is 10,972,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,972,440 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 10,972,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 29 30 36 40 45 58 60 72 87 90 116 120 145 174 180 232 261 290 348 360 435 522 580 696 870 1,044 1,051 1,160 1,305 1,740 2,088 2,102 2,610 3,153 3,480 4,204 5,220 5,255 6,306 8,408 9,459 10,440 10,510 12,612 15,765 18,918 21,020 25,224 30,479 31,530 37,836 42,040 47,295 60,958 63,060 75,672 91,437 94,590 121,916 126,120 152,395 182,874 189,180 243,832 274,311 304,790 365,748 378,360 457,185 548,622 609,580 731,496 914,370 1,097,244 1,219,160 1,371,555 1,828,740 2,194,488 2,743,110 3,657,480 5,486,220 and 10,972,440, with no remainder.

Since 10,972,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,972,440, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).